Health care
Mindfulness pioneer, alumnus Kabat-Zinn addresses MIT Medical clinicians
May 24, 2012
Talk examines essential concepts of mindfulness and awareness as applied to medicine
Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
May 24, 2012
Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks.
Also labeled: Drug delivery, Innovation and inventions, Mechanical engineering, Medicine, Research, Vaccines, Needles
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
May 17, 2012
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
Andrea Campbell: Public opinion and policy viewed through an historical lens
May 14, 2012
Professor studies taxation, Social Security, health insurance and more.
Also labeled: Economics, Government, Policy, Political science, Politics, Research, Voting and elections
Gauging seizures’ severity
April 27, 2012
Simple wrist sensors let neurologists collect better data about patients with epilepsy — and could alert patients that they need to seek medical care.
Their own devices
April 18, 2012
MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center aims to connect microelectronics with new health‑care tools.
How to stop the flu
December 7, 2011
Engineering-systems researchers identify proven strategies to prevent influenza from spreading through a household.
Also labeled: Engineering Systems, Health sciences and technology, Influenza, Research, Viruses, Pandemic
New algorithm could substantially speed up MRI scans
November 1, 2011
Faster scans could reduce the time patients spend in the machine from 45 to 15 minutes.
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